With about one in five Americans living with a disability, disability rights are increasingly important; and in order for a societal shift to take place, there needs to be understanding and awareness, an Emory College professor says.

A former state wildlife biologist contends Wisconsin's high wolf numbers may not be the driving factor behind a record 40 hunting dogs killed by wolves this bear season. Timber Wolf Alliance Coordinator Adrian Wydeven, a former wildlife biologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said the state saw fewer...

The Nobel committee has gone electric. Last week, the Swedish Academy awarded Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature, the world’s highest literary honor, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."

University of Wisconsin-Madison spent $23.6 million in retention efforts this past year, according to a report released Friday by the university. A total of 232 efforts to retain tenured faculty were reported.

As Shakespeare's first folio of work from the year 1623 comes to Wisconsin, we talk with two celebrated interpreters of his work about what the plays of Shakespeare have meant to them in the course of their lives.

The Sheboygan Police Department recently announced plans to encrypt all of its radio transmissions. The move would prevent the public from listening to police scanners to monitor law enforcement activity.

The Sheboygan Police could make their department radio transmissions encrypted, meaning that the public would no longer be able to listen in to these conversations. We'll speak with Phillip Bock about why the SPD is making this move and what it could mean for public transparency.

Princeton University history professor and presidential historian Julian Zelizer said GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has demonstrated a use for divisive rhetoric that's unparalleled in American political history.

The anti-secrecy organization founded by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, is in its second week of releasing messages from the hacked email account of Hillary Clinton's Campaign Chairman John Podesta. A reporter who has been covering the leaks tells us more about the released emails and what they could mean for the...

The national high school graduation rate reached a record high of 83.2 percent during the 2014-15 school year, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education. Wisconsin graduation rate was 88.4 percent during the 2014-15 school year.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is expected to charge La Crosse County between $20,000 and $30,000 to help for the redevelopment of habitats for threatened river mussels on Hintgen Island.